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Bridgerton - Season 4 - Episode 06: The Passing Winter
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00:00:08You
00:00:54Good morning
00:00:56It must be nearly five
00:00:59Exactly
00:01:00The perfect time to sleep
00:01:04The perfect time to start work before anyone else is up
00:01:09Sophie
00:01:11Last night
00:01:14You do not need your position here
00:01:16Or the other one you're planning on taking
00:01:19If you want to be with me
00:01:21I have not agreed to be with you
00:01:24I
00:01:25But we
00:01:26We were caught up in the moment
00:01:28We made a mistake
00:01:29Which is no excuse really
00:01:31I know better than that
00:01:32I promised myself
00:01:33I would never never fall into bed with a gentleman
00:01:36And I broke that promise
00:01:37For you
00:01:39And your stupid hair and your stupid eyes and that stupid smile
00:01:45Good thing I am no gentleman
00:01:47It's not a joke, Benedict
00:01:48I know
00:01:51I took what happened last night with the utmost seriousness
00:01:55I was not caught up
00:01:57I love you, Sophie
00:02:01You love me but you could never be with me
00:02:03Not legitimately
00:02:04And now I might be with child
00:02:06In which case I will have no choice but to be your mistress
00:02:08So forgive me if I am not convinced that love is enough
00:02:12I will show you it is
00:02:15No matter what happens
00:02:19I must get back to my post while I still have it
00:02:21Yeah
00:02:21And you must do whatever it is gentlemen do with their endless free time
00:02:32You may not show up
00:02:32You may not even show up
00:02:56Or you may not show up
00:02:56You may not show up
00:02:56I am not telling you
00:03:16Eight days.
00:03:33As it was apparent that my approach with the Queen was not well received, I thought perhaps you might know
00:03:38a better way to convince her.
00:03:40You are the Queen Whisperer, after all.
00:03:42Yes, I believe my whisper can only be heard by Her Majesty's dogs these days.
00:03:49Forgive me, Penelope, I do not know that I can be of much help.
00:03:55Are you certain you wish to give up, Whistledown?
00:03:59I'm proud of all I have accomplished, but I should like to begin a new chapter.
00:04:06I am afraid new chapters may not be ours to write unless she guides the pen.
00:04:20Dearest, gentle reader, there are moments in our lives when we arrive at a crossroads.
00:04:28We cannot run from it.
00:04:31We cannot go around.
00:04:33We must face it head on.
00:04:38Unfortunately, Your Majesty, Mrs. Mondrich tells me that Miss Hollis is not Mr. Bridgerton's mystery lady.
00:04:46I see.
00:04:47Perhaps there is someone else.
00:04:51Do you think there is someone else?
00:04:53And, in choosing which path to walk, a course is set that may determine one's very fate.
00:05:02No.
00:05:05No, I do not believe so.
00:05:10He may take your place again.
00:05:12At the back of the line.
00:05:20Just this week, I hear the new Lord Penwood is fated to arrive at last in Mayfair with his bride.
00:05:32But their nuptials were so secretive, not even this author has found out the particulars.
00:05:46And they are not the only ones who have made a long-awaited return.
00:05:58He's awake.
00:06:00Right, come on then.
00:06:01Straight to the pow-mow pitch.
00:06:03What colour mallet do you think you shall refer?
00:06:05Oh.
00:06:07Oh.
00:06:08Oh.
00:06:08Oh, come on.
00:06:09I'm here.
00:06:10Hey.
00:06:12Neither of us will be moving from this room for quite some time.
00:06:15Yes.
00:06:16Journey back from India was arduous enough.
00:06:19We are sorry for your sake that your travels are not yet over.
00:06:22Well, when Mother summons, I wish you were coming with me.
00:06:28And I know you both need your rest.
00:06:30We will join you very soon.
00:06:33Tell everyone hello for me in the meantime.
00:06:35I will.
00:06:38I'll miss you.
00:06:39I miss you too.
00:06:41I miss you too.
00:06:41My dad knows you.
00:06:44Eh?
00:06:47Oh.
00:06:50Hey.
00:06:51Hey.
00:06:52I keep imagining what my mother and your mother might be doing now in Scotland.
00:06:56In my mind, my mother's blowing her way through an overlong story about adventures she had with your father back
00:07:02when they were young.
00:07:03I'm swashbuckling through the highlands.
00:07:05And Aunt Janet is probably sitting there, silent, pretending to listen.
00:07:12It seems like my mother I am blowing on now while you pretend to listen, just like your mother.
00:07:17No, no, forgive me.
00:07:19I, my mind is on last night.
00:07:23I know you and Francesca were having some difficulty.
00:07:26Oh.
00:07:26Well, I went to bed before she and I could speak, but I do not believe she meant any insult.
00:07:31Do you think there is hope of reconciliation between the two of you?
00:07:35Good day.
00:07:38Francesca.
00:07:40I am sorry I was late to bed last night.
00:07:42Michaela kept me up until midnight.
00:07:44Your guest kept you up.
00:07:46Lord Taylor would not leave.
00:07:48But you did not help things by encouraging his nonsense about barley.
00:07:52I stand by the fact that I have invented a marvellous new drinking game.
00:07:54Is it, every time Lord Taylor mentions barley, we must invite him to every party so that we might get
00:08:01drunk as fish.
00:08:03Please do not make me laugh anymore.
00:08:05My head.
00:08:05Did you partake in this drinking game?
00:08:09I may have given it a try.
00:08:13Well, forgive me, but are you two friends now?
00:08:19Of course we are.
00:08:20Obviously.
00:08:24I did not know there was so much to be said about barley.
00:08:30I do not wish to invest in the collieries.
00:08:32Coil seems a dirty business.
00:08:33Let us make an additional investment in copper.
00:08:35Tell Lord Power, no, I do not wish to go hunting with him.
00:08:38He will talk so much he will scare away all the game.
00:08:41And write to Mr Boyle and tell him we cannot send him any more funds to patch his fence unless
00:08:45he hires a competent builder.
00:08:46So it does not fall down in the first place.
00:08:48Mr Bridgerton, you are...
00:08:51Inspired this morning.
00:08:53Hmm, I am.
00:08:55Would you perhaps like to visit Bridgerton House, then?
00:08:57Your mother sent word again this morning.
00:08:59I, er, there is simply too much to take care of at the moment.
00:09:02Speaking of which, I should also like you to write to the Crabtrees.
00:09:05I may wish to prepare my cottage for full-time residence.
00:09:22Sof, are you feeling all right after the other night?
00:09:25You were ill, remember?
00:09:28Yes, that is right.
00:09:29Very much better now.
00:09:31Well, that is a relief.
00:09:50I do not know how Benedict found out.
00:09:53His valet is rather prying.
00:09:55But I thought we were being so discreet.
00:09:58Violet, I am certain the younger children are none the wiser.
00:10:02And we have not done anything wrong.
00:10:04We are an unmarried pair.
00:10:07Conducting an affair in my family home.
00:10:10And would you like to address the matter of our being unmarried?
00:10:15Er, I...
00:10:16Well, I...
00:10:17I did not think so.
00:10:19Perhaps it would be a relief to both of us
00:10:22if the engagement question were beyond consideration.
00:10:25Oh.
00:10:26If I may ask,
00:10:27why is it that it would be a relief exactly for you?
00:10:30Well, you've been...
00:10:31Forgive my interruption, my lady.
00:10:33The Dowager Lady Penwood and her daughters are here to call on you.
00:10:36For the third time this week.
00:10:39Shall I send them away again?
00:10:41Yeah, three times is rather many.
00:10:43Perhaps best to get it over with.
00:10:45I'll shut away.
00:10:51Yes.
00:10:52Yes, I shall see her.
00:10:54I could use the distraction.
00:11:11How are you finding Grosvenor Square, Lady Penwood?
00:11:15Our new home is adequate.
00:11:18Are these your only two children at home?
00:11:20They are.
00:11:22Your second son called upon my Rosamond not so long ago.
00:11:25Were you aware?
00:11:27Well, that is Benedict always making new friends.
00:11:33My dance instructor is Miss Madden.
00:11:35Did you have Miss Madden?
00:11:37No.
00:11:38We had Miss Hoover.
00:11:45Mama will not like using a second biscuit.
00:11:48Mama is distracted, looking for...
00:12:08It is a relief the maid wars have calmed down now, is it not?
00:12:12But how is your help?
00:12:17Oh, well...
00:12:21We...
00:12:23Posey.
00:12:25Apologies.
00:12:27I had a bite of biscuit, which is delicious.
00:12:30But my throat was so dry the crumbs tickled it and then I could not breathe.
00:12:35And yet you still managed to talk.
00:12:39I once employed a maid who baked perfectly buttered biscuits.
00:12:43They were never dry.
00:12:45And yet I had to dismiss her.
00:12:47She had aspirations above her station.
00:12:49And she stole from me.
00:12:51Diamond shoe clips.
00:12:53Well, that is most unpleasant.
00:12:56She was called Sophie Peck.
00:12:59Is that so?
00:13:00I should have turned her over to the justices of the peace.
00:13:09Lady Bridgeton, another visitor for you.
00:13:38Lady Bridgeton, I can come down to you if you need something.
00:13:42May I come in?
00:13:44Of course, my lady.
00:13:52I wanted to make sure you were quite well.
00:13:55After seeing your former employer...
00:13:58Oh, the look on your face when you saw her.
00:14:01Lady Penwood was the employer you spoke about having a disagreement with, no doubt.
00:14:06She was.
00:14:08I have always found Lady Penwood unkind.
00:14:13I imagine her servants felt the brunt of her ill-humour.
00:14:17She even went so far as to claim you stole diamond shoe clips from her.
00:14:24That is true, my lady.
00:14:27Well, I did not steal them exactly, but I took them.
00:14:31In seven years, she never once paid me a wage.
00:14:34I thought I had no choice when she kicked me out.
00:14:36For what it is worth, they turned out not to be diamonds at all, but cheap paste.
00:14:39But that was all I took, I promise.
00:14:40I believe you, Sophie.
00:14:48A letter of introduction.
00:14:50And not because I believe Lady Penwood.
00:14:53Because...
00:14:55Well...
00:14:55You asked for one?
00:14:57Oh, yes.
00:15:01Is the position you wish to take still available?
00:15:04I will have to confirm.
00:15:05Mm-hmm.
00:15:06In fact, I might have a week or so to conclude my work here.
00:15:12You know, I was hesitant to let you go at first.
00:15:15Well, I still am.
00:15:17But Lady Penwood is next door now.
00:15:19And seems hell-bent on finding you, regardless of the worth of her vulgar shoe clips.
00:15:24You may take the time you need, of course.
00:15:28But as much as I hate to say it, and I do,
00:15:32I now believe that a position elsewhere may be in your best interest.
00:15:40Thank you, Lady Bridgerton.
00:16:16What was the voyage like?
00:16:18You must tell us everything.
00:16:19Long and terrible.
00:16:21Anthony!
00:16:22Mother.
00:16:23Can you imagine being stuck that long on a ship?
00:16:25Can I imagine what it is like to feel stuck?
00:16:27That is the question.
00:16:29You look well.
00:16:30And Kate and the baby?
00:16:32Everyone is healthy.
00:16:33Mm-hmm.
00:16:33A little tired, but healthy.
00:16:36They'll be with us at the end of the week.
00:16:37Oh, good.
00:16:39Oh, you cannot imagine how glad I am that you are back.
00:16:42We received your letter at Aubrey Hall.
00:16:44Is everything all right?
00:16:45Everything is perfect.
00:16:46You are home.
00:16:47So.
00:16:48What is it?
00:16:51It is your brother.
00:16:53He will not listen to me.
00:17:05He is a man in love.
00:17:07So he says.
00:17:08Someone who has only exchanged three words with the young lady.
00:17:10Love is not rational.
00:17:12Let Gregory have his fun.
00:17:13He has somehow convinced Hyacinth to ask Miss Rochelle for ice cream next week so that he can tag along
00:17:19and speak with her.
00:17:20Smart boy.
00:17:21He has clearly studied and bested us three bumbling idiots.
00:17:25Pardon me.
00:17:25I'm going to Bumble to find more drinks.
00:17:28Slow service today.
00:17:33Since when are you the brother to finish his drink last?
00:17:35Ah, I'm trying to keep a clear head of late.
00:17:39And are you?
00:17:40Clear headed?
00:17:41In fact, more than ever.
00:17:43Is that because of your fraternization with our younger sister's lady's maid?
00:17:47Hmm.
00:17:49This has come from our mother, I imagine?
00:17:51So it is true.
00:17:54I had hoped I had not been dragged from my wife and child for such an act of foolishness.
00:17:59A maid.
00:18:00Benedict.
00:18:01If you wish to compare apples to opera singers, we can certainly do that.
00:18:04It is not the same.
00:18:05And you know it.
00:18:06She is in our home.
00:18:08Around our family.
00:18:11Have the good sense to end it, as I did my dalliance.
00:18:13No, you are right.
00:18:14It is not the same.
00:18:15It is not a dalliance.
00:18:17Well, that is even worse.
00:18:18And if you think I had not convinced myself that mine was also something more,
00:18:22you were mistaken.
00:18:24But I was wrong.
00:18:25As I am certain you are.
00:18:26Well, I know my own mind, Anthony.
00:18:29You are not being rational.
00:18:30Putting aside the damage this could do to our younger sisters, if it were to come out,
00:18:34have you any idea of how difficult a life you are setting yourself up for?
00:18:38Not being able to live your life in the open.
00:18:40I do not know my own mind, and I am not capable of difficulty.
00:18:43Thank the devil you returned, and with the new air no less.
00:18:47Congratulations, by the way.
00:18:48Excuse me.
00:18:49I have my own work to do to take care of those I care for.
00:18:58One hour a moment.
00:18:59One hour a minute.
00:19:00One hour a minute.
00:19:19One hour a minute.
00:19:38The new lady Penwood has been in London for a week
00:19:41and Whistledown has yet to report on her identity.
00:19:45Your new housekeeper is hardly up to the mark when it comes to gossip.
00:19:48That is my work, Mama.
00:19:50No-one has quite the knack of gossip that Varley had.
00:19:54I do not wish to speak of that woman.
00:19:58Have you seen her around town at all?
00:20:00You have a visitor, Mrs Bridgerton.
00:20:04When you alert us to a visitor, Ray,
00:20:07you must give us all the necessary information,
00:20:11such as who our visitor is.
00:20:14It is the new lady Penwood, ma'am.
00:20:17Oh.
00:20:29Lady Featherington, Mrs Bridgerton.
00:20:33Miss Capper.
00:20:34It is Lady Penwood now.
00:20:36A most advantageous match, is it not?
00:20:39What is it you want, Penelope?
00:20:41Look at us.
00:20:42Two unlikely heroines, now married, and married well.
00:20:46One can count us down, but never fully out.
00:20:49We've always been similar in that regard.
00:20:50You and I are similar.
00:20:53Well, I may have brought some of my fate upon myself,
00:20:56but my tale is a fascinating one, is it not?
00:21:00Full of ruin, repair, and eventually romance.
00:21:03Lord Penwood is an old friend of my Aunt Joanna's
00:21:05and became captivated by me upon visiting us in Wales.
00:21:09Do you not think your readers would be captivated themselves by such tale?
00:21:13I have kept the details of my return a secret all this time, just so you might benefit.
00:21:18So that you might benefit from me easing your transition back into society?
00:21:28My marriage protects me in certain respects, but not from the Queen or anyone of higher rank.
00:21:36Between the two of us, you hold all the power now.
00:21:39You could make or break me with but a stroke of your pen,
00:21:42and it would not change a thing about your circumstances.
00:21:47If it matters at all, I would like to apologize for last season.
00:21:53And the ones before that.
00:21:56And I would like to give you this.
00:21:58An invitation to my first ball as Lady Penwood.
00:22:02Yes, it will benefit me if you attend, but perhaps you might also enjoy yourself.
00:22:16Please, consider it.
00:22:25It will at least be a source of gossip.
00:22:29And certainly a spectacle.
00:22:32See?
00:22:42Are you ill again?
00:22:47Cook's pigeon stew.
00:22:49I am certain it is delicious, but the smell of it disagrees with me.
00:22:52The other night, when you said you were ill, I came to your room to see after you, but you
00:22:58were not there.
00:22:59Oh, I was, well, I was...
00:23:01Is it someone who works here?
00:23:04You are in love, are you not?
00:23:06You must have sneaked out to meet someone that night, surely.
00:23:09What?
00:23:11No, I was simply...
00:23:12No, it could not be someone who works here.
00:23:13You are far too educated.
00:23:15You would have nothing to talk about.
00:23:17Perhaps a wealthy merchant in town, then?
00:23:20There is no one, Hazel.
00:23:22I have work to do.
00:23:23I suppose I should finish polishing the floors in the Grand Hall.
00:23:27I believe Footman John is on duty there today.
00:23:31What?
00:23:32Well, you're not born simply to work and die.
00:23:51You have been pacing all week?
00:23:54I am tired of standing still.
00:23:56There's something else.
00:23:57This is not simply restless pacing.
00:24:02I, I know something.
00:24:05Something that I should not know.
00:24:08Something that the Queen would very much like to know, but that I very much should not tell her.
00:24:11What is it?
00:24:12I do not wish to tell you.
00:24:13Or her.
00:24:14I do not wish to always be waiting.
00:24:16To be told what to do.
00:24:18Who to spy on.
00:24:19When to speak.
00:24:21That is not what Lady Danbury would do.
00:24:26What are you doing?
00:24:28Show me your best punch.
00:24:29Will.
00:24:30Show me.
00:24:34No, you cannot be the wife of a boxer with a punch like that.
00:24:44If you wish to get to the front of the queue, then you must take your moment when it is
00:24:48least expected.
00:24:49You must not wait to be allowed, or you will never catch your...
00:24:56There she is.
00:25:41What is this?
00:25:42A world.
00:25:44Just for us.
00:25:46Will you sit with me?
00:25:48I brought you a blanket.
00:25:54What is all this for?
00:25:56I told you.
00:25:58I am intent on showing you how serious I am about our future.
00:26:03Well, we live in this conservatory.
00:26:05Hiding from your family every day until night falls.
00:26:20I sent word to the crabtrees to prepare my cottage so that we might live there.
00:26:30Permanently away from prying eyes.
00:26:38What about society?
00:26:40I know you pretend to hate all that is conventional, but you relish your party and your family.
00:26:46I will travel back and forth.
00:26:48And when I'm gone, the crabtrees will be there.
00:26:50I know it is not ideal, or proper, as you deserve.
00:26:59But is it not better than not being together at all?
00:27:05For us to make a life together, there is still so much we do not know of one another.
00:27:11I want to know every little thing about you.
00:27:16And for you to know me.
00:27:19You know, there is a reason why I bluster on about hating convention.
00:27:23Oh, yes, I know. You care for the little man.
00:27:26Oh, well, yes, but...
00:27:31Society's rules make little men out of all of us.
00:27:34Or little women, as it were.
00:27:36Society should not be allowed to dictate the rules of how one lives life.
00:27:43Or who one loves.
00:27:50I am capable of caring for you, just as I have cared for women I have known who are of
00:27:56the ton.
00:27:57Just as I have cared for some men, whom I have known intimately.
00:28:07And I refuse to be at all ashamed about that.
00:28:21And I refuse to be at all of you.
00:28:21Love is always a thing to be proud of.
00:28:25The world needs more of it.
00:28:29And let me love you.
00:28:32My love for you is greater than anything I have felt before.
00:28:37It will not be what you deserve.
00:28:39But I can offer you a better life.
00:28:41You will never again have to wait before dawn, or clean, or mend, and we'll be together.
00:28:56And what if you change your mind?
00:28:59Promises can be broken as easily as they are made.
00:29:01Sophie, I'm not so fickle with-
00:29:04You have said you would never marry, but what if a life in secret weighs on you?
00:29:08But there may come a day when a more eligible young lady will capture your heart, and I refuse to
00:29:13put myself, or god forbid, a child at risk of being abandoned, left begging for scrap.
00:29:17Do you truly believe that I would do that to you? Or to a child? That I'm some heartless, mercurial
00:29:22rogue? How could you possibly-
00:29:23Because I am illegitimate.
00:29:34My mother was a maid.
00:29:38And my father was a nobleman.
00:29:45Just like me.
00:29:47My very existence in this world is a shameful secret.
00:29:52You cannot imagine how that feels.
00:29:58I may never be able to make you my wife.
00:30:03But I will be bound to you, in every way that counts.
00:30:09And should we have a child,
00:30:13that child will feel our love magnified.
00:30:18And,
00:30:20we'll be a family.
00:30:26And what of your family?
00:30:29We...
00:30:30We...
00:30:31I...
00:30:34I will find a solution to that.
00:30:39Please,
00:30:41just...
00:30:42allow me the chance to show you that I will keep my promise.
00:30:57to...
00:30:59to...
00:31:04to...
00:31:30Oh,
00:31:37That girl has some audacity, thinking I would attend her ball.
00:31:43She has some nerve even arranging such a ball without coming to see me first.
00:31:48She did request to see you, Your Majesty.
00:31:50Her parading around as Lady Whistledown last season has not been forgotten.
00:31:56I should not like anyone attending her ball.
00:32:02Your Majesty, may I speak?
00:32:07What do you have to say?
00:32:14Perhaps, Your Majesty, instead of forbidding anyone from attending Lady Penwood's ball,
00:32:19you might tell her to host the ball in Your Honour.
00:32:23And why would I do that?
00:32:24Well, if you let her believe that you are planning to attend,
00:32:28Lady Penwood will surely boast about it to the entire town.
00:32:31And then, perhaps, if you were to decide at the last minute not to attend,
00:32:36it would convey a message to the town and surely to Lady Penwood about where exactly you stand,
00:32:41without your having to do a thing.
00:32:51Wait to be called upon next time.
00:33:03We are so glad you recovered so well.
00:33:06Much better than Antony, I must say.
00:33:09What have I missed, then?
00:33:10What is the latest gossip?
00:33:12That is the Viscountess.
00:33:14Little?
00:33:15What about Cressida's return to society?
00:33:17She's married and is hosting a ball.
00:33:19We're not attending, are we?
00:33:20Oh, I wish I could go.
00:33:22I'm certain it will be grand.
00:33:23Have you seen the way she has her hair done?
00:33:25I do have trouble imagining us attending.
00:33:27Can we all stay home, then, as a sign of disapproval?
00:33:30You would always prefer to stay home.
00:33:32If I may.
00:33:33I know the new Lady Penwood was rather cruel in the past.
00:33:37But does every young woman not deserve a chance to reform?
00:33:40I should not like to imagine what might befall me
00:33:43if I were judged only on the mistakes I made in my early years.
00:33:47Oh, Kate, you are saintly.
00:33:49But you were not there to witness the way the woman handles a refreshment.
00:33:52Directly onto my dress?
00:33:54No.
00:33:54Well, that is fair enough.
00:33:57Perhaps I've gone soft since becoming a mother.
00:34:00Oh, Edward!
00:34:02Oh, my grandson!
00:34:07Oh, hello, little one!
00:34:09Hello!
00:34:10But don't know how we are all softened.
00:34:13Oh!
00:34:14Oh, my God!
00:34:15Oh, and...
00:34:16Did you look right, Lady?
00:34:19Benedict Bridgerton?
00:34:21Why are you loitering here?
00:34:24Lady Danbury, I'm not waiting to meet the baby.
00:34:28Mm-hmm.
00:34:29And you?
00:34:31Yes, I was called in for that purpose as well.
00:34:33But I, er...
00:34:36I'm avoiding my mother.
00:34:38Ah.
00:34:39We had a rather thorny encounter last week.
00:34:43Hmm.
00:34:43You're certain it is not because you have always been the spare?
00:34:48But now you've been put out to pasture by that small, wriggling child.
00:34:59It is a strange feeling.
00:35:01In fact, I have dreaded this moment most in my life.
00:35:06Meeting the infant who would make me purposeless.
00:35:11Well, more so than usual, anyway.
00:35:16But seeing him now, I am struck with a different feeling.
00:35:21Love.
00:35:24I cannot love him yet, Lady Danbury.
00:35:27I haven't even met the man.
00:35:29Perhaps it is, love.
00:35:32Perhaps it is envy.
00:35:34Seeing the way such a small creature has brought so much joy to all of my family.
00:35:40And brought them all together.
00:35:45There is no need for envy.
00:35:49One day, you will surely bring the very same joy to everyone in that room.
00:35:59Oh, dear, don't worry.
00:36:01Don't worry, don't worry.
00:36:02There we have a present for you.
00:36:03Oh, what's this?
00:36:05Oh, what's this?
00:36:07Oh, dear.
00:36:09It's very lovely.
00:36:11Oh, dear.
00:36:13Forgive me, Lady Danbury.
00:36:14I have, um, I've left my gift for the baby at home.
00:36:26I cannot believe Cressida turned up on your doorstep.
00:36:29It was certainly a shock.
00:36:32Does all seem right with her?
00:36:34I did hear her husband is rather handsome, but...
00:36:38Do you think she was forced into her marriage?
00:36:41You are kind-hearted, Eloise Bridgerton.
00:36:44Have you forgotten how she tried to ruin you and your entire family last year?
00:36:50Surprisingly, I think about it much less than I think about her stealing the spotlight
00:36:53at your engagement party to announce herself as Whistledown.
00:36:58Can you imagine what she was thinking?
00:37:01I cannot.
00:37:02Perhaps I should have let her take the name then.
00:37:05The Queen will never let me give it up.
00:37:08The Queen lives in a very gilded cage.
00:37:11And Whistledown may be her only way to travel to the outside world.
00:37:14Since when have you had sympathy for the Queen?
00:37:16Since everyone in my life took a husband.
00:37:20I am in my own gilded, unmarried Bridgerton cage.
00:37:24She must be lonely, the Queen.
00:37:28Perhaps it is time I appeal to her better angels.
00:37:31Worth a try.
00:37:34I am in my own gilded, unmarried Bridgerton cage.
00:38:02She is ready for you, Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:38:12I hope you return with something of value this time, Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:38:17I do.
00:38:19An apology.
00:38:20Last time I was here, I spoke at length about feeling trapped by Whistledown.
00:38:26But it was thoughtless of me to say that to you of all people, Your Majesty.
00:38:29I do not need an apology, Mrs. Bridgerton.
00:38:33I want gossip.
00:38:35I want to know what is going on with Benedict Bridgerton.
00:38:38The truth is, I do not know.
00:38:42Now that I am known publicly, I am avoided like the plague by anyone with any real gossip.
00:38:48Because for everyone in the Ton, Whistledown functions just as this palace does for you.
00:38:55It keeps them trapped, watched, scrutinised.
00:39:01I am certain for you that Whistledown is one of your only ways of living in the outside world.
00:39:06But knowing what it feels like to be so confined, would it not be pleasant to give society a reprieve?
00:39:12To allow them to simply live their lives the way they wish, without fear.
00:39:37To allow them to live their lives the way they wish, without fear.
00:40:00To allow them to live their lives the way they wish, without fear.
00:40:01There you are.
00:40:02Good evening, Sophie.
00:40:03I may need your help with something.
00:40:05Sophie is helping me at the moment.
00:40:07I can see that.
00:40:09But what if she helped you get ready for Cressida's Ball tonight, instead?
00:40:15I would get into too much trouble.
00:40:17Not if I were to sneak you in in some kind of a disguise.
00:40:20It would, of course, until you're having to speak to me again, though.
00:40:22Are you quite serious?
00:40:25Sophie, can you do my hair up?
00:40:27In fact, I have an idea about how to make you nearly invisible.
00:40:30If your sister approves.
00:40:35Does Mama know?
00:40:36No, of course not.
00:40:37We will take the second carriage, so she will not see us.
00:41:08Are you ready, my love?
00:41:19No, of course not.
00:41:57Did you hear the ball is in the Queen's on it?
00:41:59Oh, and where is she?
00:42:20I like the pig.
00:42:22There is no accounting for taste.
00:42:27Are you certain you wish to be here, Penelope,
00:42:29and for all of us to be here as well?
00:42:31I'm grateful you've come along.
00:42:32I promise that I'll be worth your while.
00:42:36Where is Eloise?
00:42:37Oh, she has been delayed.
00:42:38She should be here shortly.
00:43:06Is it everything you dreamed?
00:43:10It is more.
00:43:17Eloise.
00:43:19Good evening.
00:43:20I have a feeling the Queen is not going to attend at all.
00:43:24I think you might be right.
00:43:37She did not even look twice at me.
00:43:40I really am invisible as a maid.
00:43:42That, or invisible to someone who cares only about rank.
00:44:04Lady Bridgerton.
00:44:05Lady Bridgerton.
00:44:06Not Addison.
00:44:08You look exceptional tonight.
00:44:10That is most kind.
00:44:15When can I see you next?
00:44:18We can meet a mine as we discussed.
00:44:20I, in fact,
00:44:23could we meet for tea?
00:44:25Actual tea.
00:44:27I have been thinking about our discussion earlier in the week,
00:44:31and I should like to conclude it.
00:44:37Of course.
00:44:42Forgive me.
00:44:50Mother.
00:44:52So you will avoid me for nearly a fortnight,
00:44:55but not Cressida Cowper's ball?
00:44:57I am here because I have failed in my duties to my family lately,
00:45:02and it has taken a toll.
00:45:04It will continue taking a toll if you carry on as you are.
00:45:08I hope you being here tonight means you have decided to let her be.
00:45:14For her sake.
00:45:15Lord, I am.
00:45:20I am here at Cressidaรผs.
00:45:21I am here.
00:45:27You are a little at the place.
00:45:28I will be waiting for a while.
00:45:28Bye.
00:45:29I am here.
00:45:29Bye.
00:45:29Bye.
00:45:30Bye.
00:45:32Bye.
00:45:34Bye.
00:45:36Bye.
00:45:52Let's go.
00:45:52Cresta may have our heads if she catches us sleeping in her gardens.
00:45:55John, surely we should get back to the pool as Penelope asked.
00:46:09Shall we then?
00:46:23In fact, I do not think I can be silent.
00:46:26No?
00:46:27Forgive me, I am moved beyond silence to tell you what an exquisite woman you are.
00:46:33The perfect wife, and I know you'll be the perfect mother when the time is right.
00:46:41I love you, Francesca.
00:46:43I love you, Johns, darling. Always.
00:46:49I love you, Johns, darling. Always.
00:47:10If this evening were truly in her honour, would she not be here ready?
00:47:15How humiliating for the new...
00:47:18Lady Penwood?
00:47:20The Queen will not be right.
00:47:24I've got my own pair of shoes now.
00:47:31I shall have to make a speech to distract them.
00:47:42Ladies and gentlemen.
00:47:49What is this? Did you allow this?
00:47:53Dearest, gentle reader, if there is anything that unites us all, it is our secrets.
00:48:03As the keeper of yours these past years, it is time at last for this author to tell you a
00:48:11few of her own.
00:48:15For one, I must tell you, reader, that I have felt a fondness for each and every person I have
00:48:24ever written about.
00:48:25There is a comfort in knowing that we are all human, all fallible, and also all capable of great change.
00:48:37And I come with the secret tonight of great change indeed.
00:48:44For tonight, I am resting my pen. The issue you hold in your hands will be my last.
00:48:58She will not write about tonight.
00:49:05Perhaps that is for the best.
00:49:06I thank you, each one of you, for your readership.
00:49:11Knowing you has been one of the great pleasures of my life.
00:49:26It is done.
00:49:28I could not be more proud.
00:49:32It is nearly done.
00:49:34Who will be Lady Whistledown now?
00:49:36I expect the Tom will have to get their gossip the old fashioned way.
00:49:39Those tawdry scandal sheets Penelope once put out of business.
00:49:43But who will write of my debut?
00:49:46Who will write to sign the Diamond of the Season?
00:49:49I am sure someone will take on that mantle.
00:49:53Please do not tell Mama.
00:49:56Your secret is safe.
00:49:58As long as we leave immediately, before Mother catches me too.
00:50:02Who is that maid Mr Bridgerton is speaking with?
00:50:06Is it Sophie?
00:50:08Well, we know she does not work here.
00:50:13If she did, surely we would have heard about it from the old Penwood servants.
00:50:43What's that not the most magical evening of our entire lives?
00:51:03You have been sitting at my desk, planning a life with her at my cottage.
00:51:07No.
00:51:08At my cottage, brother.
00:51:12I see my valet there is not in no way his loyalty lies.
00:51:15He let me intimidate him.
00:51:15As should you.
00:51:16If you have thought it through, even for a moment.
00:51:18I have thought it through.
00:51:20I have thought every inch of it through.
00:51:23You have been gone longer than you realise.
00:51:25You do not know me now.
00:51:27I know that you mean well.
00:51:29Always.
00:51:30But if you are choosing a life with her, you cannot have thought it all through.
00:51:33I will not stand here.
00:51:34Have you thought about how she will feel when you eventually marry?
00:51:36I do not need to marry!
00:51:37What about when you decide you want a family?
00:51:40I know you'll want one one day, and you cannot do that with her.
00:51:43Can I not?
00:51:44No.
00:51:45Not in the way that you would like.
00:51:48I understand you may have convinced yourself that she is reason enough to risk everything.
00:51:52But think, if you ever have a family, what the reality of life would be like for those children.
00:51:58They will never be able to join our family.
00:52:00Not truly.
00:52:01They will be shunned by society.
00:52:03Cast out.
00:52:05Not even our mother is saintly enough to allow such a thing.
00:52:09I could not live with myself.
00:52:11If I looked into Edmund's eyes, knowing I had brought him into this world under those conditions.
00:52:19Could you?
00:52:22I have thought of that.
00:52:25All of it.
00:52:29But I cannot walk away from her.
00:52:40I should cut you off.
00:52:42Disign you.
00:52:43Protect the family.
00:52:49But I believe in you.
00:52:51To make the right decision in the end.
00:52:54Please.
00:52:56Do not make me the fool.
00:53:20Please.
00:53:23To make a decision in the end.
00:53:23Yes.
00:53:25Hello.
00:53:44How did they react?
00:53:46The news certainly put the ball into disarray, Your Majesty.
00:53:49Just as I hoped.
00:53:51You have upstaged Lady Penwood.
00:53:55Very well.
00:53:58I look forward to seeing what you will write next, Mrs Bridgerton.
00:54:03And you will bring me any gossip you might hear from time to time?
00:54:08Of course, Your Majesty.
00:54:11I am most grateful for your blessing, thank you.
00:54:18You may go.
00:54:25Lady Danbury.
00:54:34Your Majesty.
00:55:03I don't know.
00:55:39Another blue piece?
00:55:41That goes in the sky.
00:55:42That is an awful lot of sky.
00:55:45And you do not like an awful lot of anything.
00:55:47I like a moderate amount of sky.
00:55:49Some clouds and trees to pen it in is a much more comfortable view.
00:55:53Oh, I should like to see the whole sky at once.
00:55:56This is the last piece.
00:55:58As you have both been exceptionally helpful, I think one of you should do the honours.
00:56:02Well, I think it should be me.
00:56:03I put together so much of the ground.
00:56:05And I completed the sky.
00:56:07You cannot have one without the other.
00:56:09Shall we place it together?
00:56:19Well, with that, I think I shall lie down for a nap.
00:56:23Are you feeling well?
00:56:24Only a small headache.
00:56:25Parliament again, surely.
00:56:27I shall be revived by dinner time.
00:56:29Will you wake me?
00:56:30Of course.
00:56:36What number is this in your drink saw collection?
00:56:38Nineteen.
00:56:39Shall we start the other one?
00:56:40I knew you would enjoy it.
00:56:50Lord Anderson.
00:56:51Thank you, Mrs. Wilson.
00:56:54Good day, Lady Bridgerton.
00:57:02Are you wishing to end this?
00:57:06Far from it.
00:57:08Is there a reason you ask?
00:57:10Well, our conversation the other day, you made it quite apparent that you do not wish to formalise anything.
00:57:15Is there a reason why is that?
00:57:19Violet, because you have been so distressed by what the children might or might not know.
00:57:25I felt distressed for you.
00:57:27And I thought it would put you at ease to know that there is no need to formalise anything.
00:57:32Oh, I see.
00:57:35Yes, yes.
00:57:36That was very kind of you.
00:57:39But you should know.
00:57:41If you did wish to formalise our attachment,
00:57:44there is nothing in the world that would bring me greater joy.
00:57:50I know your children are your whole life.
00:57:52And I know I can never replace the late Lord Bridgerton in your heart.
00:57:56As I will always hold a special affection, Vanessa,
00:58:00I would never wish to usurp your affection for your family.
00:58:04Ever.
00:58:06But to join them,
00:58:08it would be a remarkable thing.
00:58:11It would be rather a relief not to have to sneak around anymore.
00:58:14You are a practical woman.
00:58:17I love that about you.
00:58:19I love you, in fact.
00:58:28Marcus.
00:58:36If you would have me,
00:58:39I would very much like to marry you.
00:58:43Yes, yes, I will.
00:58:48I know.
00:59:06Yeah
00:59:09Thank you for coming
00:59:13I have an interview tomorrow at Penwood house under the new lady of the house
00:59:18You are taking the other position?
00:59:23If it is offered to me, yes
00:59:26Tonight would be my last night here. I wanted to say goodbye
00:59:32But what about-
00:59:33I'm not with child
00:59:34I never was apparently. My courses returned last night
00:59:40I see
00:59:44You still do not have to take a new position though
00:59:49I promised I would take care of you
00:59:51And that remains true whether or not you are with child
00:59:54That is kind of you
00:59:56Most gentlemanly, but you do not owe me anything
01:00:01This was never to do with owing you something
01:00:05Sophie, and you know that
01:00:11It was about love
01:00:12It was about love
01:00:16I thought it could be enough
01:00:17I
01:00:20I wanted it to be enough, but we both know it is not
01:00:24What is love
01:00:25What is love
01:00:26In the face of generations of established practice
01:00:30In the face of society of the strong lines drawn to divide us
01:00:33I do not wish to fight against all of that any more than you do
01:00:38But more importantly
01:00:39But more importantly
01:00:42The family
01:00:44I have never before seen such mutual love
01:00:49I could not live with myself if I tore you away from them
01:01:00I can still take care of you
01:01:02I
01:01:03I could get you an apartment in the city
01:01:05Or you could stay on a bridge now
01:01:07If that is what you wish
01:01:09The more closely we remain connected
01:01:10The more tempted we will be
01:01:13And eventually we will make the same mistake we already made once
01:01:17Please do not call what happened between us a mistake
01:01:21Please
01:01:36I must go
01:01:52I
01:02:14John?
01:02:15John?
01:02:16Dinner is almost ready
01:02:17You wanted me to wake you
01:02:21That was enjoyable, was it not?
01:02:23The three of us completing that jigsaw together
01:02:27I am delighted we all shall be such great friends
01:02:32John?
01:02:40John?
01:02:52John?
01:02:59John?
01:03:08John?
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